Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Portland

* Gentiana acaulis ( Stemless gentian ) is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from Spain east to the Balkans , growing especially in mountainous regions, such as the Alps , Cevennes and the Pyrenees , at heights of 800 to 3,000 m.

* The popular old-fashioned flower; likes limey soil; native to Russia and China. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with...

* In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally pink.

* It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana...

* Anemone blanda ( Grecian Windflower ) is a tuberous perennial valued for its daisy -like spring -blooming flowers , native to southeastern Europe , Turkey , Lebanon , and Syria .

An excellent and very colorful rock garden plant. * Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. It is the wild ancestor of the garden Carnation .

Cool nights assist germination. The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies.

* Prefers a neutral to slightly alkaline soil in a sunny well-drained position. * The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent. * An attractive garden flower, blooms in May or June, 1 1/2" flowers, several per stem.

It thrives well in heavy loam in England (Bowley, l.c.). Crocea is a beautiful and stately plant, probably the most striking of all spurias. However, as it is associated with cemetries, it is not clear whether it is a truly wild plant in Kashmir or an...

The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce. * It was discovered by the Polish botanist Ludwik Mlokosiewicz in 1897, after whom it was named by Aleksandr...

And National Herbarium, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan. Cimicifuga europaea N. Actaea frigida Wall. Leave ternately pinnate or biternate, the lower ones with a long, the upper ones with a very short petiole, leaflets ovate-acuminate,...

* An evergreen groundcover with woolly light gray foliage, white flowers in June; easy, can be invasive; Wyman notes that one plant will quickly cover a square yard. It is generally distinguished from other species of its genus by "tomentose" or felty...

It is an extremely useful medicine for those with weak and under-active digestion. The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication and is also reputed to be dangerous in excess.

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

* Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol , Jerusalem Cross , Maltese Cross , Nonesuch ; syn. Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east...

And National Herbarium, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan. Cimicifuga europaea N. Actaea frigida Wall. Leave ternately pinnate or biternate, the lower ones with a long, the upper ones with a very short petiole, leaflets ovate-acuminate,...

* This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows up to 2' tall and features 2-3" diameter, slightly-cupped flowers which have 5 (infrequently 6-7) rose-pink, sepal-like petals and a prominent center ring of yellow stamens.

* Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .

In India, it is called "nau bajiya" or "9 o'clock flower" as it blooms in morning around 9:00 am. In Vietnam, it is called "hoa m??i gi?" meaning "ten o'clock flower", because the flower is usually in full bloom at 10:00 in the morning.

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc. * The root contains about 30% gum (an arabinic acid derivative) and this makes a goodquality glue. * The young shoots are eaten cooked.

The main flowering stem is erect. * The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. * All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation.

* Flowers give way to pear-shaped seed pods which split open when ripe (late summer), with each pod revealing a blackberry-like seed cluster, hence the common name of blackberry lily.

Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, bloom from April to June. The divided leaf segments are ovate , cuneate , and often are oblique and abruptly cut off at the base. Above the plant is glabrous and dark green; below it is lighter green, glaucescent...

Lanceolata contains phenylethanoids such as acteoside (verbascoside), cistanoside F, lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside and isoacteoside. * Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P.

* Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon. In Korea, white flowers are more common.

The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot). The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ).